H3C Technologies H3C S9800 Series Switches - Manual (Page 3)

Preface
The H3C S9800 Switch Series Installation Guide guides you through the installation of your switch. It
covers product overview, preparing for installation, installing the switch, powering on the switch for the
first time, setting up an IRF fabric, and troubleshooting.
This preface includes:
• Audience
• Conventions
• Obtaining documentation
• Technical support
• Documentation feedback
Audience
This documentation is intended for:
• Network planners
• Field technical support and servicing engineers
• Network administrators working with the S9800
Conventions
This section describes the conventions used in this documentation set.
Command conventions
Convention Description
Boldface Bold text represents commands and keywords that you enter literally as shown.
Italic Italic text represents arguments that you replace with actual values.
[ ] Square brackets enclose syntax choices (keywords or arguments) that are optional.
{ x | y | ... }
Braces enclose a set of required syntax choices separated by vertical bars, from which
you select one.
[ x | y | ... ]
Square brackets enclose a set of optional syntax choices separated by vertical bars, from
which you select one or none.
{ x | y | ... } *
Asterisk marked braces enclose a set of required syntax choices separated by vertical
bars, from which you select at least one.
[ x | y | ... ] *
Asterisk marked square brackets enclose optional syntax choices separated by vertical
bars, from which you select one choice, multiple choices, or none.
&<1-n>
The argument or keyword and argument combination before the ampersand (&) sign can
be entered 1 to n times.
# A line that starts with a pound (#) sign is comments.